Nail and Win

Nail

Nail verb - Succeed in obtaining a position.

Usage example: He nailed down a spot at Harvard

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Win and nail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Win" instead a verb "Nail".

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

Win verb - To achieve victory (as in a contest).

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Nail and win are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nail" instead a verb "Win".

Nearby Words: winning, winner, wining

special	special nail	special win
best	best nail	best win
split	split nail	split win
single	single nail	single win
Other adjectives: small, definite, real, large, big, huge, bad, final, decisive, last.

point	nail point	win point
time	nail time	win time

Sure Nicodemus and his group of humans possessed by Fallen Angels could win this battle, gain access to a powerful magical weapon and cause the end of the world, but does he really think Heaven won't fight back tooth and nail within their bounds?

Source: Evil Only Has to Win Once
For Want of a Nail: Kurusu wants Imperial Japan to win the Pacific War, but he gets the classist militaristic Japan for his troubles.

Source: Manga / Mugen No Gunkan Yamato
In Spite of a Nail: Napoleon I manages to win the battle of Waterloo, only to lose against the Prussians under Blücher afterwards, making "Waterloo" in this world a phrase meaning "a victory claimed too early".

Source: Literature / Decades of Darkness

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